News: Division of Research
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From law to health to advocacy to science, UNLV professors tackle HIV prevention, education and treatment both domestically and abroad.
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An annual accounting of research and economic development activity over the last fiscal year.
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Joanne Goodwin's new book recognizes the “significance of non-politicized women, who, by their presence, pushed boundaries and sought greater opportunities.”
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Marketa Trimble's work “not only explains the limitations of international patenting, both legal and practical, but also reveals workarounds for expanding a small inventor’s patent protection.”
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With co-author Steven Wood, Daniel Allen assembled a “dream team” of brain science leaders. Their contributions represent the latest findings on the neuropsychology of substance use disorders.
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Our society may never overcome racism, the authors argue, “but the children in our schools do not have to be victims to individuals who may be unaware of their racist tendencies.”
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The creations of Paul Oh, technologist and visionary, are in the vanguard of a robotics revolution.
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By illuminating a dark period in human evolutionary history, a UNLV scientist gets his turn in the spotlight.
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Our high-tech marvels demand rare earth metals and oxides. UNLV researchers are working to make extracting them less toxic and more efficient.
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Research projects from 20 UNLV faculty members have been selected to receive approximately $500,000 in Faculty Opportunity Awards, university officials announced earlier this year.
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UNLV has reached a licensing agreement with Abel Therapeutics, a start-up company that seeks to commercialize the discoveries of biochemistry professor Ernesto Abel-Santos.
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UNLV’s advanced energy research team is changing batteries from the inside out.